Perfect Nadal, battling Swiatek into US Open fourth round

04.09.2022 - 08:59 news24.com

Rafael Nadal defeated close friend Richard Gasquet for the 18th time to reach the US Open fourth round on Saturday as world number one Iga Swiatek made the last 16 for a second successive year.Four-time champion Nadal took his record over Gasquet to a perfect 18-0 with a 6-0, 6-1, 7-5 victory to stay on course for a 23rd Grand Slam title.Nadal has now won 34 straight sets against Frenchman Gasquet who he first played as a junior.On Saturday, he was barely troubled, winning the first nine games of the contest before Gasquet got on the board.Next up for the Australian and French Open champion is 22nd seed Frances Tiafoe for a place in the quarter-finals."He's a great player, very charismatic, very fast," said Nadal of the American.

Tiafoe made the last 16 for a third successive year by seeing off Argentina's Diego Schwartzman 7-6 (9/7), 6-4, 6-4.The 36-year-old Nadal showed no ill effects of the bloodied nose he suffered when he accidentally bounced his racquet into his face in the second round."It's a little bit bigger than usual but it's okay," he joked. Alcaraz breaks shoeCarlos Alcaraz, widely-regarded as Nadal's Grand Slam heir apparent, claimed a season-leading 47th win despite breaking one of his shoes.The 19-year-old third seed defeated Jenson Brooksby of the United States 6-3, 6-3, 6-3 on the back of 46 winners.Alcaraz, a quarter-finalist in 2021, managed to break one of his tennis shoes as he slid to reach a ball mid-match."It's the third time that I have done this.

As you can see, I do a lot of sliding," he said.Alcaraz next faces 2014 champion Marin Cilic who fired 26 aces and 74 winners in total past Britain's Dan Evans in a 7-6 (13/11), 6-7 (3/7), 6-2, 7-5 win.British seventh seed Cameron Norrie made the

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Iga Swiatek and Carlos Alcaraz have paid tribute to each other after both won their first US Open title this year.

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World number one Iga Swiatek reached her first US Open semi-final on Wednesday with a 6-3, 7-6 (7/4) win over Jessica Pegula of the United States. The French Open champion will face Aryna Sabalenka for a place in Saturday's final after making the last-four of a Slam for the third time in 2022. "That will be a very tough match. There will be some fast serves and heavy hitting, just like tonight," said Swiatek

Dark horse Frances Tiafoe thrust into limelight after Rafael Nadal win, Iga Swiatek on song - US Open diary

Big Foe lights up the big stage Early in the tournament, Frances Tiafoe declared there is a “changing of the guard” taking place in men’s tennis, acknowledging that “everyone is beatable, even the top guys”. Ad The 24-year-old American believes the sport can benefit from the arrival of new faces at the top but added that he still wasn’t fully there yet when it comes to upsetting the tennis order, and that he was happy to be flying under the radar. US OpenAlcaraz v Cilic — US Open highlightsAN HOUR AGO “I'm still that dark horse who can do something special,” he said last week after beating Marcos Giron in the opening round.

Tiafoe stuns Nadal in US Open fourth round

NEW YORK (AP) — Frances Tiafoe's vision was blurry from the tears. He was thrilled — overwhelmed, even — when the last point was over and it hit him that, yes, he had ended Rafael Nadal's 22-match Grand Slam winning streak Monday and reached the U.S. Open quarterfinals for the first time.

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Rafael Nadal has suggested he could take some time away from tennis following his shock US Open fourth-round loss to Frances Tiafoe. Nadal was bidding to win a record-extending 23rd Grand Slam title in New York but lost in a thrilling contest against the 22nd seeded American. Ad Ahead of the US Open he had only played one competitive match since withdrawing from the Wimbledon semi-finals with an abdominal issue.

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Frances Tiafoe took an enormous step towards fulfilling his great potential as he pulled off by far the biggest win of his career, upsetting the second seed Rafael Nadal 6-4, 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 to reach the US Open quarter-finals for the first time in his career.